Executive director of the anti-poverty charity War on Want, Asad Rehman has spent more than 25 years as a climate and social justice activist working with movements and front-line communities across the globe. Sustainability writer Aja Barber has made it her mission to call out big brands on their environmental and workers’ rights records. In part two of Studio B: Unscripted, Aja and Asad talk about what at times alienated them from the climate movement, whether the individual can really...

Sustainability writer and stylist Aja Barber has made it her mission to call out big brands on their environmental and workers’ rights records. In her upcoming book, Consumed, she addresses problems with the fashion industry. Executive director of anti-poverty charity War on Want, Asad Rehman has spent more than 25 years as a climate and social justice activist working with global movements and front-line communities. Aja and Asad break down why they believe modern economic structures are...

Asma Khan is the first British chef to feature on Netflix's Emmy-nominated Chef’s Table. She uses her restaurant, Darjeeling Express, as a social enterprise to elevate those working behind the scenes in the food industry and to promote the breaking of bread to break barriers. Syrian refugee and photographer Hassan Akkad documented his crossing in 2015 as part of a BAFTA-winning BBC series called Exodus: Our Journey to Europe. Hassan's political activism helped change a United Kingdom policy...

Asma Khan, the first British chef to feature on Netflix's Emmy-nominated Chef’s Table, uses her restaurant Darjeeling Express as a social enterprise to elevate those working behind the scenes in the food industry and beyond. Syrian refugee and photographer Hassan Akkad documented his crossing in 2015 as part of a BAFTA-winning BBC series called Exodus: Our Journey to Europe. As an activist, he has been outspoken on issues of inequality - from Black Lives Matter to the need to respect health...

Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, broadcaster and author of the book How to Argue with a Racist. Faiza Shaheen is an economist and activist who grew up in a working-class immigrant family in London and currently leads a project on global inequality at NYU. In Part 2 of their conversation, Adam and Faiza discuss the challenges they face as public figures standing up to racism and explore how to build a more inclusive society after the ravages of a global pandemic. Editor's Note: This episode...

Adam Rutherford is a geneticist and author. In his latest book, How to Argue with a Racist, he provides the tools to dismantle the myth of biological race. Faiza Shaheen is an economist, activist and one-time candidate for the Labour Party, United Kingdom. Using statistics, she exposes how class, gender and racial prejudice are institutionalised in our economies. In this episode, Adam and Faiza discuss how to combat racism in their respective fields of genetics and economics. They also...

In this excerpt from Studio B: Unscripted, writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch and lawyer and former footballer Enola Aluko reflect on their experiences finding an identity and overcoming their so-called 'imposter syndromes'. Hirsch shares her views on the need for British institutions to come to terms with the country's history of Empire. Her first book Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, explores the legacy of imperialism, her identity as a British-Ghanaian and how she has tackled...

In this excerpt from Studio B: Unscripted, award-winning award-winning Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Christopher Wylie discuss what they see as the way forward in data regulation. In 2012 Ressa set up the digital news platform, Rappler, known for its tough scrutiny of the government. She is currently facing charges of fraud, tax evasion and cyber liber, in what she says are politically motivated prosecutions. Ressa was included in Time’s 2018 ‘Person...

In these two short excerpts from Studio B: Unscripted, award-winning illustrator and writer Molly Crabapple shares what she has learned through canvassing on behalf of the Bernie Sanders political campaign. And best-selling author and playwright Paul Mason describes why he is concerned about the dissemination of far-right messaging in video games. Crabapple has chronicled the stories of the marginalised while also shedding light on the darker corners of the US empire. Her artwork was widely...

On this episode of Studio B: Unscripted, award-winning illustrator and writer Molly Crabapple is in conversation with best-selling author and journalist Paul Mason. Molly Crabapple has chronicled the stories of the marginalised while also shedding light on the darker corners of the United States empire. Crabapple's artwork was widely used during the Occupy Wall Street protests, and in 2013 she was one of the first artists to gain access to the Guantanamo Bay prison. She has sketched and...

In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted award-winning Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie discuss the weaponisation of information and how social media threatens democracy around the world. In 2012, Ressa set up the digital news platform, Rappler, now particularly known for its tough scrutiny of the Duterte administration and his controversial "war on drugs". She is currently facing charges of fraud, tax evasion and cyber-liber, in what...

Launching the second series of Al Jazeera's Studio B, Unscripted, writer/broadcaster and professor Afua Hirsch and former footballer/author Eniola Aluko discuss how they have navigated racism and gender discrimination as outliers in their professions. As a striker, Eniola played 102 caps for the England national team as well as for several clubs in Europe and the US, including UK's Chelsea and Italy's Juventus, winning at least six major trophies. In her memoir, They Don't Teach This, she...

On this episode of Studio B Unscripted, philosopher Alain de Botton is in conversation with stylist and social commentator Ayishat Akanbi. A best-selling author, whose books have been described as a ‘philosophy of everyday life’, de Botton founded The School of Life, a social enterprise determined to make learning relevant in today’s culture using philosophy to help others ‘live wisely and well’. Ayishat Akanbi is a fashion stylist and writer. Through her work and online following she...

On this episode of Studio B, famed social-realist film director Ken Loach is in conversation with young French best-selling writer, Edouard Louis. One of the most successful directors in the history of Cannes Film Festival, Loach has dozens of credits to his name for over 50 years and a career focusing on social issues such as poverty, class, homelessness, and labour rights. Loach is meeting someone with whom he shares a lot in common and yet their differences are stark. Louis has risen to...

In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted, celebrated academic and author Priyamvada Gopal meets with BRIT award-nominated and spoken word artist George Mpanga. They cover everything from the legacy of colonialism and the argument for reparations, to growing up in an inner-city council estate and the role of the British royal family in modern society. Dr Gopal is an Indian academic currently at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on colonial and post-colonial theory, and her most...

In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted, renowned novelist and academic Elif Shafak sits down with award-winning playwright and essayist Wole Soyinka to talk nationalism, safe spaces, and the role of storytellers in the modern age. Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. Her latest book, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize. Elif is also a celebrated public speaker and...

The very first episode of Studio B: Unscripted sees award-winning author and activist Fatima Bhutto in conversation with celebrated host, academic and writer Marc Lamont Hill as they compare notes on the various ways injustice and oppression work across the world. Bhutto and Lamont Hill explore everything from the politics of activism to the impact that the military industrial complex has had on pop culture - everything from films like Zero Dark Thirty to World Wrestling Entertainment. With...